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In first election bus tour, defiant Obama touts his health care law (he would "make no apologies")
Yahoo! News ^ | July 6, 2012 | Olivier Knox

Posted on 07/06/2012 6:40:56 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

President Barack Obama promised cheering supporters in Ohio that he would "make no apologies" for his overhaul of health care and mocked rival Mitt Romney's apparent change of heart on his own approach in Massachusetts.

"When you hear all these folks saying, 'Oh, no, no, this is a tax, this is a burden on middle-class families,' let me tell you, we know because the guy I'm running against tried this in Massachusetts and it's working just fine--even though now he denies it," Obama told about 300 supporters at Dobbins Elementary School in the village of Poland.

The president brought up health care often on this week's two day bus tour--the first of this election cycle. On Friday, the president's reelection campaign promoted an interview with an NBC affiliate in Cincinnati in which he hit Romney for changing his tune on whether the individual mandate—the requirement that people have health insurance—is a penalty or a tax. Romney says it's a tax in Obamacare but a penalty in his own plan.

"One of the things that you learn as president is that what you say matters and your principles matter," Obama scolded in the interview. "And sometimes, you've got to fight for things that you believe in and you can't just switch on a dime."

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1 posted on 07/06/2012 6:41:02 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“You can’t just switch on a dime” like saying you can’t just enact amnesty for illegal aliens on your own then doing just that?


2 posted on 07/06/2012 6:45:11 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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“Obama told about 300 supporters at Dobbins Elementary School in the village of Poland.”

Not exactly filling stadiums like 2008.


3 posted on 07/06/2012 6:47:27 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

I would love to be the health care advisor overseeing their family health coverage. I would order Sexo-Changeo for all.


4 posted on 07/06/2012 6:52:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber (To the left wrong is right, down is up and backward is "Forward")
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To: Free ThinkerNY
the guy I'm running against tried this in Massachusetts and it's working just fine...

Is this like saying that the private sector is doing just fine?

5 posted on 07/06/2012 6:54:06 PM PDT by MulberryDraw (That which cannot be paid, won't be paid.)
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Who would expect him to "make an apology?"

Typical straw-man logic.

6 posted on 07/06/2012 6:54:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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...you've got to fight for things that you believe in and you can't just switch on a dime.

You have to admit, that's one of the few truths he's told. He has certainly fought for what he believes in...

7 posted on 07/06/2012 7:05:31 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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8 posted on 07/06/2012 7:07:55 PM PDT by Daaave ("You Nexus, huh? I design your eyes.")
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Pizz-poor strategy for mute Mittens to be vacationing this week while Øbama fortifies his high ground after a SCOTUS victory.


9 posted on 07/06/2012 7:40:43 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini--nevertheless, Vote Santorum!)
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"One of the things that you learn as president is that what you say matters and your principles matter," Obama scolded in the interview.

Oh, so lying isn't against your principals.
Got it! Thanks for clearing that up.

10 posted on 07/06/2012 7:42:15 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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Oops...Oh, so lying isn't against your principals principles.
11 posted on 07/06/2012 7:44:16 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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LOL You didn't mention the surrogate speeches by Pawlenty and Jindal tailing the ONE's Bus tour...

Pawlenty was talking about Obama, "...reading from a teleprompter and flapping his jaws.." LOL
13 posted on 07/06/2012 9:00:35 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: lightman

So you really think so? I really do know better:

Friday, July 6, 2012 2:42 PM

MEDICARE

Look clearly at the 2014 rate compared to the 2013 rate.

For those of you who are on Medicare, read the following. It’s short, but important and you probably haven’t heard about it in the Mainstream News:

“The per person Medicare Insurance Premium increased from the 2011 Monthly Fee of $96.40, rising to:

$104.20 in 2012

$120.20 in 2013

And

$247.00 in 2014.”

These are Provisions incorporated in the Obamacare Legislation, purposely delayed so as not to confuse the 2012 Re-Election Campaigns.

Send this to all Seniors that you know, so they will know who’s throwing them under the bus.

Internal Representative

Network Contracting

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14 posted on 07/06/2012 10:09:23 PM PDT by straps (Ex-Pan Amer)
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Attempt to defang Romney, but if he wants, Romney can tell what a mistake the Mass plan was and how it failed to do what was projected. Might sound like a Baptist preacher telling the congregation, “I went out and tried these sinful things so I could come back and save your from doing it and keep your soul and conscience clean”, but it would probably gains some traction.
15 posted on 07/07/2012 4:27:15 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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